Not the hull necessarily, it can technically still target the bridge and fire control

Which are both the most armored parts of the ship

anti ship missiles are made to hit thinly armored modern ships

Not something that was built to take other battleships on head to head

On another note

I did a thing

i mean, a Torpedo from a biplane was enough to completely disable the Atlantics biggest battleship

technically only the steering but yeah

So basically I did as the Germans do and slapped the dual 128 mm as Guns on an unfinished M46 chassis I had lying around

nice

Only problem is, the guns can’t elevate as high as they usually would have been able to on an actual mount

@Zilla that’s torpedos

Not missiles

which plane mounted torpedo's from WW2 are completely inferior to modern anti-ship missiles

Aren’t torpedos basically designed to penetrate the hull armor though?

Considering anti ship missiles are meant to hit at the waterline, no

well not exactly, torpedo's have no penetrative powder due to being a slow projectile

and a lot of torpedos detonate underneath the ship

a torpedo's main damage comes from the explosive force itself

So the pressure is what destroys the ship and not the explosive

also, its really only modern torpedo's that go under the vessel and explode, WW2 torpedo's impacted at around the waterline

late war torpedos did that

anyways a modern destroyer would be hardpressed to win a 1 on 1 with something like the Iowa Class

Actually for battleships the most armoured part of the ship is the turrets.

Followed by the area around the bridge.

When it comes down to a couple inches and something with no armor penetration, I don’t it’d make a difference

Yeah

Iowa's also had the best fire control system of any battleship...

What do you guys think of my jerry rigged tank destroyer born out of sheer absolute boredom

It's beautiful

Those guns are so big in comparison to the chassis

XD

I love it

I’m amazed that the mount even fit the flak guns “turret ring”

12.8 cm

Lol

Not just 12.8cm tho its even an duel one

The turrets on an Iowa class battleship were literally the most secure places on the ship, which into two entrances, one being on the bottom of the turret on the top deck, and the other being 5 decks down at the base of the turret.

Safest unless you were inside it when out of battery happens

Oh god.